The Coalition on Secure Technology has today published a new report, CIMs Risk in UK Agriculture, examining how the risks posed to UK agriculture by the increasing use of Chinese-manufactured technology. The report highlights how CIMs, which enable connectivity in modern farming equipment and systems, are increasingly embedded in technologies critical to food production, such as precision agriculture, livestock monitoring, and automated machinery. With Chinese manufacturers controlling about 70% of the global CIM market, the report warns of strategic vulnerabilities, including risks of remote cyber intrusion, supply chain coercion, and covert data collection that could compromise UK food security and national resilience. The report notes that agriculture has not received the same security scrutiny as other critical infrastructure sectors, despite similar risks, and urges the UK government to develop strategies to reduce dependence on high-risk, foreign-controlled communications components in agriculture.